… This can help the Sox’s woeful lineup two ways — they upgrade offensively at catcher with Tyler Flowers and they get a piece that can help from the bountiful Rangers’ farm system, with surplus first baseman Chris Davis a likely piece in the deal. Davis, who lost the first-base job to Justin Smoak, is a flawed hitter who strikes out a ton. He was hitting only .188 when the Rangers demoted him. But he’s only 24 and has a career OPS (on base plus slugging) of .777 after 208 big-league games. He’s a quality fielder and a left-handed hitter who would join the right-handed-hitting Dayan Viciedo in the pool of candidates to serve as long-term replacements for Paul Konerko.

Chris Davis? No. Please. I don’t have any confidence in the Sox coaches to deal with a 25% K rate (which will become 30% in Chicago). And a look at Davis’ stats shows all his his high-OPS seasons having high BABIPs too.

Texas also would be willing to discuss Mitch Moreland, another 24-year-old, left-handed-hitting first baseman, who also plays the outfield;